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if you treat me thus, and stop itr Li cry town ydu emu to, eight or ten days. I knew this *as the plan, and told you se at Florence. Oh ! have some compassion for me, come on for Gon's sake ;—do not drive me mad with deepair ! surely you will make no stay at Genoa now. 1 atill most wretch ed and ill. The family who told me yak% 'Were ill at Genoa, pitied me, and asked me if they toulll assist me. love ''you dearly and sincerely, and therefore to not—oh !do 'twit ithr sake me! I cannot bear this lee much longer. Ch, come to me! Write to me again at Turin ! 1 shall Expect you will oblige me in this request, and toll when rem will be at Paris. You appear to me to wish tol;lease'C'Vdry one but me. I dare say, I am boring you with. this Isitei, and I fear my requests will not be attended to. Remember your promise to me, and yo ur word a honour. Now, Gontiless and protect you, my dearest Waesley. ,For Goo's sPlefttlie on, and pray, pray, do not stay at Genoa and Turin!. Write again to me at Turin. Excuse anything I have said lursh or unkind in this scrawl. I know not what I write, I Ain so miserable. Pray come to me as soon as possible. lam nil' this raorning for Paris. Adie u, m y dearest Welleseyi Forgive me 'if I have offended you, and show rue you do so by coaling o; ‘ ,. Yo:,i will find a letter for you a t Genoa, in the Post-office. • A Mon. Long Wellesley, a Motel St, Marco, a Livorno. Letter in the band -writing of Air. 'Wellesley, but not Mt 'tl or ad 4. From intended for purport it appears to hide been ntended for Mrs. Wellesley. (The date of this letter is su pp osed to be the 25th Ju ly 1824, as there is an entry in Mrs. book, "'left Paris 22d July 1824, to follow Wellesley into H olland, and overtook him at the Hague on Sunday morning, 25th JUly, 1824." Defendant, in his affidavit, states that he resided for some time at the Hague after his wife left hint.) It was my intention to have given the following statement to Sliawe, at come future period of time to have given to you, had he thought proper, and as a justification of my conduct. How- Aever upon refiection,l resolved to send it at once to you, especially after that which occurred to me lait night, or rather at day-light this morning. I shall give you the statement without comment. I hope it will cause you to reflect deeply, and will induce you to refrain from acts of precipitation So soon ns Mrs. Illigh quitted your residence at Ilettnee, I endeavoured, by all the means within my power, to persuade her to seek the assistance of her father's servant. I frequently pressed her upon this point, which produced certainly au aberritift bf mind; and in a fit of insanity, she attempted her life ) nearly succeeded in destroying herself—she took poisoli% The physi cian who attended her at Florence, Dr. nove ) 7s, was fully satisfied of her insanity, and strongly lee mend - fr d :t me to use towards her the mildest conduct. I persuaded A r :rs. Nigh, upon our leaving Florence, to precede us by a day, _„(This is supposed to allude to the letter, the copy of which'hereinafter stated.)—The day she qiiitttal Florence I wroate te:her father, stating her having done so, —of my intention to ue r .dy my journey: to Paris to give him time to Meet his daughter at Paris, where I implored him so to exer cise his authority as parent to remove her to his protection, and I added the PhYr.ician's Opjuion of her deranged state of intellect. I went, as KO know, to Leghorn, where latayed to carry my purpose into execution. Mrs. IL heard at Genoa of my not having tome on the roc to Paris. She came back to Florence,froin there site went to rota, where site wrote to me to come to her. I refused, and at le.,lgth persuaded her, without having seen me, to proceed on her journey to Paris, by promising to follow her. I did so in order that she might not escape her father. I arrived at Paris. I found her there and not ber flab% The day of my arrival at Faris, I wrote to Shawe, to beg he would, urge her father to come to her ; . I repeated to Shawn that I found her intellects quitedeeayea, and begged he would . so acquaint ber father. Mr. Oily wrote to a friend of her father's, for the inspection of the father, at my stigation, a atatement of his belief lef line deranged state of intel lect. The Physician, who attended her, Dr. Laffeff, did the same. I took the hest legal opinion in France, iaa.to my ower, either to plane her in confi ne m e nt, as a maniac, or send her to her parents. I kund I had none. My frequently urging her to to her parents increased her mental malady, and I found the worst comaiquences. I waited upon 4 celebrated French road ilectory anti consulted hint upon iha course I had better pursue, to persuade her to go to England. Ile, without hesitation, gave rot the advice, to treat her with the greatest kindness; to en ' idativonr to lead her by assiduity anti at tention, and he assured the her intvlleets wee e really impaired, mat that she found me the rd iett of her affections. 1 should have said 1 hail ealopted this .inurse for about six or seven weeks, and from time to time saw the mad doctor, who gave me as to any proceedings. Two days before Lord Maryborongh arrived Paris, Mrs. ,11. had promised are to go to her father., Her tenet:Ls were greatly improved, and I was seeing an opening to a termination to the dreadful anxiety which hung over me when you took the step you did. I then wrote the following letter to her father ( ). /T; , resolution was to have remained at Paris till he came to he,;, The step which you took, and of the arrival of Lord AL she soon heard. I entirely lost my tem 'per, and I too r4idly urged the fulfilling her promise to i n s is go home. It Tritidueed the most violent effects upon her mind, and it fell hs o • tio all its former disease. A few days after you quit. ' tad PPaiu her acts of madness became so palpable, that I saw I heLreant one course to pursue, to have her not sent from her father. tput her under the care of Hyde. I travelled night and day to Ws' place, having taken every possible precaution that she should not discover me. How she escaped from her keepers (for from her own account she appears to have been confined) I know not; ha she burst into my room this morning at day-light, having for . Ave successive days and nights alone pursued me,' and at length discovered inc. I learn from Paris that she made two attempts on her life...* that by force antidotes were administered to poison which she took. Hid I the imagination of Shakspeare, and the deseTiptive powers of Milton, I could not give an adequate idea of Mrs. I3.'s present state of mind and body. 1 called in a physician to her ; he says she cannot live months. I don't see how she can hold out we This is a plain, unvarnished statement of facts, which if any contradict they lie basely. I know but imperfectly all that occurred at Paris since I quitted it; but Mrs. B. infinuis the that she had either some or one interview with Lady Dallas. Do not imagine that in sending you this statement I hove any personal object. I have none but the fair legitimate one of .your possessing the facts possibly of a transaction, which will termi nate in one the most melancholy tragedies which real life has for a long time witnessed. Letter from Mr. Hamilton to Mrs. Illigh. Naples, Aug. Madam-1 cannot help expressing some surprise that youshould ask of me to introduce to this Court any lady with whom Mrs. Hamilton does not think it proper toeorrespond. Indeed, I wish that you had given to that circumstance its true interpretation; you would then have relieved me from the disagreeable necessity of declining to comply with your request, it being quite out of my power to present to his Majesty a lady who only a few weeks ago thought fit publicly to leave her husband's house and protection. I sincerely hope you will, upon this, abandon all thoughts of ap pearing at Court on Tuesday next . In case you should be other wise advised, I than certainly not hesitate to desire the servants of the Palace not to admit you into the Drawing-room. I am, Warn, your obedient humble servant, W. It. HAMILTON. Tl'e following tint., in the hand-writing of defendant, is clothed nn tins 'totter This letter was - written in answer to a very kind application made by Mn.s l ligh to he prcsennid at Court. The day that Mrs. Bligh quitted her hushantrs honu3, Mrs. Hamilton called upon her at the Isle of Britanique Hotel three times, but was nut let in, as Bligh had given directions to see no one. The following day when Mr. Wellesley saw her, he recom mended her to write to Mr. Hamilton, regretting the mistake of the servants at the Hotel, and with other expressions of great civi -11 gave her 110 answer. lity, to which Mr. liamilth Letter from Mr. Hamilton to M r . waneie Naples,l Y. but we I saw thus M Y Hear Sir—l did not at all fancy Aug. 18, 18J1 not worth our that the purport of 1 correspondence was to carry nn a legal dispute, that could be the only result of it, I thought h while. I still regret that you should think it derogatory t o o ut character of an English Gentleman, for so I must interpret y our objection, to apply to the Consul-General for infornuttion, or on what may concern you for an explanation of . any thing 1,, may have done, or be supposed to have done, as unjust to you, or tend,. ing unjustly to criminate your character and conduct. cannot at a ll see why the delicacy of your situation, or the pure ,lictites- of humanity, which have induced yo u to take on. up Mrs. thigh's:thigh's:cense, should operate t o p revent your applying- to the Con. thigh's: provided you have no other objection to such co munication. It certainly has given both to Mrs. IL and myself very great concern to he under the necessity of declining to present at Court a lady who vrtwabout , to go tre under the protection of Mrs. Long Wellesley, but in such a case I had only to look to the per i atm n question, -not to any other individual; the countenance which Mr. L. Wellesley may think proper to give to Mrs. Bligh Can In -no way alter or excuse Mrs. Bligh's conduct, and had I 41,..4 thil... " I ~.._ an, confident that all the other English ladies away ; besides Sten must be aware that I cannot present at Court any 'ohe whom I could not admit in my own hovic., It is with great reluctance that I have said thus unich,.,which may appear harsh, but .I could net let Piisi ygir 04tiratihe Without some kiniforrePlyi and Os toWay.th the end of your's this morning, you - seen tOirey 'Mat Mrs. Ihtmilton was one of those who, as you Tell off from Mrs. Bligh in the hour of her deep distress, I must ask you how could she do otherwise, )(Rowing, as she did, that she had left her husband's house on.the most friVeloes tire teuces, And had avowedly putalkyielf ',Q. Protection, the very person, the prohttkiA'di' l hose visits by her husband was one of the aleged cruses for this unfortunate step ? I hope, therefei.e) 'that Mrs. Long Wellesley,will doAuitice to Mrs. Ha visiltod's conduct, and.tbat she Will allow both ,that glee has been no want of charity or liberality on her party and that liiiewiSe that she is not in a sittuition't6 Vel . 'os* TOigiveness. 'tour's very faithfully, W. 11. HAMILTON. S. I hope there is no .occasionfor me tcp assure,t ou or any other English subject at Naples that I shall Mt be . A•anting in the performance of my day Viltre4Ver 1 may be called on for inter ference with the tnetorninent, or application to the proper autho rities, wherever and whenever it can be done with propriety, and t.'N the spirit of the instructions under which I act---niniely t io se t a that justice is done to them, and that efe'ry given to them in all their lawfitt pltdedr* UttN, w. h. H. totter from Mr. Until* to 111 r. Wellesley. Aug. 18, 18Q9. hly Dear Wellesley,:—lt is, Indeed, nigh time that our corral pondente 'on this unfortunAt Subject should terminate, , lady after the worth you hive thanglit proper to intrOduce into your's of this evening ; but you muse, silt* ine to observe, that if you will refer to mine of thtii 'morning, you will see that I did not say that Mrs. 131iet flew from her husband'S home td throw her self upon yettr protection, but that she had left her husband's house and put herself under your Vettetion—two facts, which, I am afraid cannot now be eilinted. With regard to my expres sion of frivokintVetances, I need not tell you how happy it would make both Myself, and all connected With nh, if the disergstire of thn real cause should Ore the oecasioUi t' licai my words. As I am still anxious to tO.- myself right in Mrs. L. Wellesley's eyes, with *Spit?: lo my motives for declining to present Mrs. toed ; I must beg of you to allow me to add, that when I alluded, in reference to that subject, to her husband's prohibition of your visits, I ought to have said her husband's threat to pro hibit your -visits, a distinction which, of course, could make no difference in my conduct. In all I may have said in the course of this our rapid interchange of billet-doux, I beg yoti will believe I had nothing then in view than to account for my own conduct. I can have, and have no partialities, either on the one side or the other. I have uniformly pointed out to you the way in which you can apply for what you want in the common course of business, nor can I for the life of me understind why you should object to apply direct to the Coniul-General. If I were to attempt to use any authority over him, when, is truth, I have none beyond what may be a matter of common courtesy between us, to oblige him to Make disclosures which he could not, or ought not to make, I should be labouring in vain, or I should be committing an act of injustice.—For the last time on this subject, believe me ever your's, truly, W. R. HAMILTON. Hon. W. L. Wellesley. Cap. Vecchia. The following promise made by Mr. Wellesley to Mrs. Bligh, was ftaind in a souvenir of Mrs. Illigh's, at their late lodgings, in Seymour-place:— " I promise Mrs. Bligh that our separation shall not be perma nent, provided she follows my wishes in going to England. (Signed) " W. L. WELLESLEY." This was supposed to be written about September, 1824. After some discussion relating to the admissibility of a deed of settlement made by Mr. Bligh's father on him, in evidence, and which was negatived by the Court, the will of Mrs. Wellesley was produced by a clerk from Doctors' Commons, whereby it appeared that the probate bad been taken out by the defendant, that her real property was sworn under 1,000/. and that a charge of 50,0001. had been made on the real property for the defendant. This was the case for the &sista. Mr. SCARLETT then rose on the part of the defendant. The period of the day had at length arrived (it was nearly five o'clock) when the duty devolved upon him &making some observations on behalf of the defendant ; and if ins Learned Friend (Mr. Sergeant Vaughan) "had found'hina self justified in repreSenting the situation in which he was placed as one of embarrassment; the Jury, he was satis fied, would feel that be had a far greater right, at this vanced hour and protracted stage of the case, in shelter. , ing his imperfections under a similar plea. He had expe rience—God knows ! too much experience—in cases of this kind, and that experience told him how dangerous it was in any advocate to have it impeted to him, that he was disposed even to offer any excuse for such an offence as that of which his client stood accused. They (the Jury) well knew how difficult it was to make human pas sions conformable to moral life ; and, in addition to the difficulties of other kinds with which he had to contend, he was aware that, in a Court of Justice, every topic was favourably listened to which went to the inculcation of moral duty. This made the case of the plaintiff pecu liarly easy. Nevertheless, he would address them with such a confidence on certain parts of the case, which, when they would bring their minds to bear upon the whole of it, would satisfy him that the facts were not such as to jus tify the exaggerated statement of his Learned Friend ; and moreover, that this action was bottomed on some thing more than a desire of obtaining compensation. In the whole course of a pretty extensive expe rience, he never heard of such a tremendous, opening as that of his Learned Friend on the present occasion. Be sides other grounds of appeal, he had appealed to the Jury to award large compensation, on the possible contingency of the Noble Earl (Darnley) and his issue becoming ex tinct, and his title and estates devolving upon the plaintiff. He (Mr. S.) had many, many reasons for hoping that such an event would not take place. It was, moreover, quite foreign from the subject matter they Were now called upon' to try. Besides—Lord Darnley had issue, who were in good health, and he trusted that the Jury would at once dismiss this extravagant speculation. Again, his Learned Friend had deprecated at the onset any influence on the minds of the Jury arising from the statements they might have met with in the public prints respecting the transac tions between him and his deceased and unfortunate wife; yet, shortly after he bad made this appeal to their benevo lent feelings, be had himself introduced a dissertation on the conduct of Mr. Wellesley towards that Lady, vary little consistent with a candid condemnation of that influ ence against which he warned the Jury. This was, no doubt, done with a view of catching the Jury, and swell ing the amount of their damaged. He would not say that a plaintiff might not avail himself of the right of showing the conduct of the defendant towards his own wife; but when such a pretext was re sorted to, for the purpose of a ggravating damages, it should be accompanied (which it was not in the present instance) with eVidence. When the jury would come to dispassionate consideration of the whole case, they would dispossess their minds of many of the extravagant senti ments as to damages, which the leanied counsel endea voured to impress upon them. He (Mr. S.) for his part, was greatly surprised, after the high terms in whichd his the connubial affection subsisting between the plaintiff an wife were described by his Learned Friend, to find that the plaintiff had been robbed of all this affection in ten days or a fortnight after his wife's acquaintance with the gentle man who was accused of stealing this affection from him. And to suit the gigantic ideas of his Learned Friend's sense of this offence, no opportunity could be sel ected to impute it to his client, but the very improbable one of a party of pleasure; and no other spot could with more propriety, it was thought, be selected for the consummat ion than Mount Vesuvius. Was it probable to suppose that such an occasion. could be s e l ec t e d, w h en they were surrounded by friends ? I.lis Learned Friend wits most brilliant in his conceptions. carcumstaitas m; Ile was surprised not to have heard from hint that the I . lo ittlt trembled, and that the offence was attended with But suppose. tl Learnedspeech. had extraordinary as the topics . which his introduced into his opening true, of what vire d a ys' acquaintance with ‘ st . atement of his Learned Friend werefrae woman who • coult i t t it u w s o b i u d i d ask, were thhetalyectiarr ten a m surrender her chastity, Iles almost a he kntlernaii, t stranger; and what must or consent to bestow her last favours, in such a avours, a place as her feelings who could invite half-way house upon the asce n t o f M ount V es uvius ? And «. h. done in the presenceof an ,Italian, Drake and foreign ladies. — If such 4 statement were to be helie4d; that this lady could so readily yield her, fiVours, , might . it not be very reasonably conjeettirEd Arid iferred, that she might have colifeired favours on others lii *6ll as Mr: Wellesley; and that the mark of the foot step on the imperial, might he the Mark of some other 'footstep: The jury , would bear in Mind, that it had not been even attempted tidirOve,i; that Mf We i lleilleir had been in the house of Mr..Blifh at night, at whiell it '4,01 imputed in the evidenCe that t ni print of the footstep had been male ; nor was it eVefl i OlYired to .b 0 Shown how ht' could nave gut there at n,glit., ,ii the ithienee,of inelti testimony, the Jury would not surely decide that ins client was that person, nor be dispose* determine unfavourably towerdS, him; upon the setapa and patches which had been put together;,, in. eider ;ti make un, a rase, to go ; to the, Jury, culling for heavy damages. Niras inere tin oth6i. Man at Naples who knew Mrs. Bligh besides Mr. Wellesley ? If they believed that. Mrs. Bligh had consented or invited Mr. Wellesley in the manner that had been described, then they must believe that she Was prepared, accustomed, and experienced in that wit of tale: Mto the withdraviing the pin from the window, he could say from his owri atib: rience of Neapolitan customs, that nothing was more usual than to withdraw the pins from the windows at night, and threW tbent open, particularly in such a warm part of the year as July. Nothing etiiild be tilore absurd than to found a aerie& stentititill On evidence sti cohtettiptible, From any testimony they had heard, it could not be inferred that there had been any cdrinexion between Mr, W, and Mrs. Bligh, either in the house of Mr, Bligh or at Naples; that there had been a subsequent connexion he would not deny, but, on the part of Mr. Wellesley, he would deny that there had been at the house of the plaintiff, or during their residence at Naples. if there had been such why was not sonic servatit in the hduse—some person *lto might have a knowledge of what was passing in the family,called upon to prove it ? Observe the progress of this affair, a s stated in the evidence. O n the sth of June, Mrs. Bligh becomes acquainted with Mr. Wellesley; on the 31st July, she quits her husband's house, and it was sought to be esta blished that she was persuaded to abandon it through the seduction dt,Mt. Wellesley. We know from the great master of human nature, Shakspeare, that a woman who marries within two months after her former husband's death can have no sincere affection for him. Yet here there was an acquaintance, not of tiro months' standing. The Prince of Denmark, respecting his mother's marriage with his uncle, says— " That it should come to this— " But two months dead! nay, not so much—not two !" Was it to be believed, that this lady bad made such a sur render bn so short an acquaintance ? And, if it was to be believed, what had become of the ease which had been made out respecting the happiness which the plaintiff en joyed. in his wife's society ? Look to the conduct of Mr. Bligh himself. His wife leaves his home on the :31st of July. Yet Mr. Bligh, a military man, does not think he has any ground of charging Mr. 'Wellesley with having dishonoured him until the 2d of October—that is the date on which he sent the challenge, and, judging of his con duct on the ordinary principles of human action, it is to be presumed that he sent the challenge as soon as he felt that circumstances justified him in doing so. Here was abun dant testimony to show that there were ample reasons for accounting for the quitting of her home by Mrs. Bligh, without attempting to account for it by the seduction of Mr. Wellesley. It was quite unnecessary, with the evi dence of the bickerings and quarrels between them—with the proof that had been adduced of the ill-treatment of Mr. Bligh towards her—of hiss having beaten her—of his vio lent temper, deposed to by his own brother. In all these circumstances, there were grouhds ,to show that Mrs. 131igb had more than stifliment cause to forego her hiistema's protection, without having recourse to a supposed intimacy between her and Mr. Wellesley. Again, it was mid, Ant hs had procured the countenance of his wife to Mrs. Bligh, in order to make her an instru ment of her own dishonour. What proof was there of that+ - None whattiver , The Jury in this as in other parts of this extraordinary case, would make a due dis tinction between what had been asserted, and what had been proved. They would also, he was satisfied, be more disposed to give Mr. and Mrs. Wellesley credit in the first instance, for having given protection to this unfortunate lady, through humanity. The Jury would not forbear also giving due weight to the evidence of the brother of the plaintiff, who stated that the impression on his mind was, that his brother felt himself in honour bound to marry Mrs. Bligh, in consequence of having seduced her. Then as to the terms on which they lived, what witnesses bad been called ? The brother of the plaintiff had sworn it was true, that both his brother (the plaintiff) and his wife had violent ,tempers, and that the temper of one was as violent as that of the other. The Earl of Darnley, it was true, had been examined as to the habits on which Mr. and Mrs. Thigh lived; and, from the occasional visits which he made, he had not, certainly, observed the quarrels which it was admitted were frequent and violent between them. It was not to be supposed that on such an occasion as the honour of a visit from the Earl of Darn ley, the unfavourable part of their tempers would be mani fested. As to the settlement, which had been adduced with a view of shewing his affection for his wife, it did not appear that , prev ious to that settlement, he had any thing settledupon himself, so he had as much interest for his own sake as for her's in having that settlement made. Besides the Earl of Darnley, it appeared that a surgeon visited the family of Colonel Pattnion ; that he dined in the company of Mr. and Mrs. Bligh, and that the de meanour of Mr. and Mrs. Bligh towards each other on such occasions was, as it ought mid might be expected to be. The physician had informed them that he had di rected separate beds for a week ; it does not appear that after this direction had bee n g iven, Mr. and Mrs. Bligh ever slept together again. When they lodged at Mrs. Collins's they slept In separate beds. When in France they did' the same—in short, there was no evidence to show that this man and wife, from a feW weeks after their marriage, in 1815, over slept together until 1823, when she abandoned for ever her husband's home. The point of view la, which he wished this argument - to be taken was, that as they hadidept in separate beds from a few weeks after their marriage, it was a presumption that their connubial endearments had not been so great as they had been represented' to have been. . What was Mrs. Maxwell's testimony ? Why, that in the misfortune with which she had been visited, alluding to her separation from Mr. Bligh, she " found Mr. 'Wellesley to be her only i fri t e g n m d. e " nt on her Thiswas a mere expresaio n of g rateful acknow oi part. But what more did Mrs. Maxwell say ? She said that Mrs. Bligh had told her of certain conduct of Mr. Bli g h towards her :at the Palais Royale, at Parmisr. Bligh ; s thats , he (Mrs. Maxwell) on hearin g it, remarked, to " that she could sc arcel y have believed it,' ' The Jur might suppose how horrid must that relation of the conduct of Mrs. Bligh have been, which drew forth such a remark from Mrs. Maxwell. He proceeded to re mark upon the testimony of Mr. Hamilton,, to whom Mrs. Bligh tied mad e t h e declaration of her . husband's dent reason to account for to Mrs. him nevel. ill treatment, and urged that, from his evidence, as well as from that of the other witnesses, there was suffi. (daring, as "that she deter mination never to , return to her husband; for de she did emphatically would return," without at all Introducing a charge of cri minal intimacy against Mr. Wellesley. Another circum stance worthy the attention of the Jury was, that when the plaintiff felt it necessary , f or the benefit f his health, to go to Cheltenluun, he left his wife alone, surrounded by oftims. Lord Bacon said that there was occasion for a wife in all stages of life :—" Wives are young men's mis tresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses." lie (Mn S.) deprecated the expedient that had been re sorted, of ggiving in evidence the will of the late wife of Mr. Welles y. Why, in God's name, was the ghost of this deceased lady invoked and disturbed, ' to mingle in the present proceedings ? Granted that she had left r 0 a I 000/. in her will to Mr. Wellesley, the circumstance of ber not having altered that will was a proof that her affection had „ not been 'Weaned irOM him so as to induce bei clump it. The Learned Gentlenian, after commenting On the Other parts of the case , W ith a view of shewing thatvoked the departure of Mrs. Bligh from lief linabapit was pro by his ill-treatinent, contended, in conclueSi that there were eiretimstancea to mitigate the damages' to a very reduced amour` : The LORD CHIEF Junta, diet SlatinV the nature of the ease, proceeded to observe upon file evidence; The Learned Counsel for the defendant had endeaiared to . in duce tile ktry to diminish the amount of the damages, hi consequence of the disagreements between the plaintiff and Wife; but did aiti•Y One ever see the most affectionate Conple, hose happiness waff not inteniipted by disagree ments Ot this s or t: They should riot let the adultetet take advantage of the' thetitbstance to redifte the amount of the damages. It was sal & e t there was 0 proof of adultery before Mrs. Bligh left h er' husband'a hn that adul- ouse: Thete wad !?t least that which manifeste d an intentio. tery should take place: He wished the law Nino . so altered that Juries sat to punlgliPitYtieit in cases of this sort/ He thought that would put a molt effeettial stop to this of. fence than the present imperfect remedy! Flow could a loss this pit, be compensated by money ? iff thought the Learned Counsel for the defendant was doing injtittice to the Officers of the Atiffi when he said that it was Vot proper to leave this lady :thine With Jr re giment.— He thought she could not b e left in a li nger place. Officers lived gay lives, but he believed none of them 'Would be guilty of taking advantage of the absence of a brother Officer to debauch his wife. It was asked why Mr. `all Mrs. Blight did not sleep together ? Because, unfortu nately, this gentleman had a tendency ,to consumption ! God forbid that a man's misfortunes should be urged algainst him. We were not to add to the,„calamities which Providence pleased to inflict on our fellow-creatures, by visiting those calamities as crimes. The Jury ought not to attend to what a woman said, under the circumstances in which Mrs. Bligh was placed. She was offering the best excuse to the world to protect her character, and stated, that what occurred was in consequence of bad treatment. He felt it his duty to warn caries not to pay attention to what a woman said under such cir cumstances. The- same observation applied to her state ment that he . had beaten her. If they believed that, he advised them to give one farthin g damages ; be cause, in his opinion, no circumstances could 'ever justify a man in striking a woman. But could they believe that ? If she was struck, when was it? Would not the Jury believe that a lady of this violent temper raised a pretty considerable uproar in the house ? Was it possible she could have been struck by her husband, and made no complaint ? And then that was not the first thing she com plained of. The first thing she said was, that her friend was not admitted; and because her friend was not admit ted she determined to fly from her husband. He trusted they would give such damages as would satisfy the justice of the case. The Jury then retired, accompanied by a bailiff. The LORD CHIEF JusTicE—Brother Vaughan, can there be any objection twithouto my retime. ring, beca I am u sure therese the verdcan ict may be taken in Court be no point of law occurring to the minds of the Jury to require my presence. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN.—None, my Lord; but your Lordship:will al low me to apply to you to certify in this case. • The LORD CHI EF JUSTICE.—The Jury, lam sure, will have no difficulty in finding, at. all events, for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant VAuGitor.—l only mention it now by way of caution, as I hope your Lordship will remember that the application was made. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.-011, certainly. His Lordship then retired. The Jury, after consulting for eighteen minutes, return ed a verdict for the plaintiff —Damages, SIX THOUSAND POUNDS. A. burst of applause instantly proceeded from the galle ries, which wits only checked by the interference of the °fritters. Counsel for the plaintiff—Sergeant Vaughan, Sergeant Wilde, and Mr. D. Jones, For the defendant —Mr. &erica, Sergeant Spankie, and Mr. Brougham. The Duke of Wellington was on the Bench during the greater part of the trial. The Court was crowded from an early hour. Two Ladies who had the courage to ven ture into the gallery, were removed by the officer. PRICES OF STOCKS TRII ank St 202612 B t I 3 per Cont. ock Red soyi 1 S per Cent. Cons B lVi% 3% per Cent. Ditto Red. 81 %If, *Ter Cent, New 97) n Ditto, ISO Bank Long Ana. t9l4 1 A India Stock 245 Ditto Bonds 36 37 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. — Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds, 6 per ...ot. — Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 4 8 %%i Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds lOY‘ 11 Ditto, 11326 isg% Guatemala Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 6 4 14 3J 4 3% I DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Sobith Sea Stock 99% Old Annuities — New Ditto — Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 20 10 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d .21 19 pin. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — Bank for Opening ' India for ACcouni CO M. for Account .81343 i% 'NAM AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1821 Peruvian Bonds .301 Portuguese Bonds '7s Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New, 5 p. c. £s 4Y Spanish, 1821 ll U -- 18T3 - French Renter, 5 p. —E —c. Exchange -- 3 per cent. —t —c. —Exchange PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mexican Mining Company £7o 30 Brazilian Mining Company 2O 30 British Iron Mining Company 32% 53 ,. , Castello and Espirito Santo Brasil Ditto 3 24 Real del Monte Mining Company 4OO Ditto New 2.10 330 United Mexican Mining Company 25 . 13 Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Company 10 10 PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS ) OCT. SO. Bank Stock St. Patrick bunt (per share)... Gov. Stock, 3% percent. Ditto, New National Ditto — 4 per Cent. 96 5% IS Patriotic Ditto Gov. Deb. 3% per cent SS% Hibernian Rank — Console, 3 per cent Provincial Ditto , — Royal Canal Stock Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent. -- Mining Co of Ireland l% liallaet Office Deb. 4 per cent. ........ Commercial Buildings — HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ll minutes after 4. I Evening 35 minutes after 4. t *nn. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1826 We received last night the several French Papers of Monday and the Dale dated Tuesday morning. The 1 latter contains, under the head of St. Petersburgh, 14th ult., a detailed accou nt of the second victory ob tained over the Persia ns by General YERMALOFV, the substance of whose dispatches, announcing these operations, we pub lished from the Dutch Papers in our paper of Tue sda y . The victory was considered, deuringiO a s of sufficient importance to call ns trations of joy,—firing of cannons An d illuminations at night. a int f o r S ,art tith.leeeP day , usualest ert: sb P e t e rsburgh Papers of the same date con win also certain regulations, which have been drawn up by the Council and approved by the EMPEROR, holding out inducements for the conversion to Chris tianity of the Mahometan and Pagan inhabitants of the distant districts of the Empire. Such as embrace Christianity, are to retain their rank, but to he exempt from all peculiar imposts attached to it, and from all imposts whatever, for three years. Those who en joyed exemptions before, are to enjoy them still, and they are neithet to be liable to serve as recruits, not fo pay towards the funds for recruiting. Those who , livesierr the interior of the Crimea may exercise any trade or profession without certificate or patent ; but et sewnere, they are to be under the same laws as other Christians. These reg ulations are to extend to the children of the converts, whether born before or after the conversion of the parents. Although the accounts from Moscow of the 2d ult. state that the BittPEßOlt had ac tually left that city on the preceding day for Toula, private letters mention that his MAJESTY'S departure had been postponed 1 until the expected despatches from Akerrnann should be received. FitEricn Fos:lA.—Five per Cents. closed at 991. 15c.....T1iree per Cents. 70f. 65c.—Bank Actions, 2085f.1e. Cert., 75fi 15c. Pension Doll:A.—Neapolitan Bente*, Fa ; Ditto, France, 7 4 f. 65 c. ; Neapolitan Bonds, Rotlisebi ld'sl4 ,01 25f. 5 0c. ; Beate d'Espagne, Cert. Franc. 10; Royal Spur! , Loan, 1826, 49k. Hamburgh Papers of the 25th ult. have reachea this forenoon. Their contents are unimportant ; but we subjoin a few extracts : HANOVER, OCT. 19, The 3.,androit (bailiff) 'of State has lately ordered the strict obser 7tmce of the edict of Oct. 6, 1694, and of the sited from holding reli ordinance of 6.-. 12, 1740. Accordingly, all unauthorised persons, particular:: , foreign missionaries, shall be pr any discourse on religious' subjects. Those who transgress. these ordinances shall be put, shed with imprisonment, and 'cicla assemblies, and shall not deliver foreign missionaries shall be sem' out of the kingdonl. co:W*1110EN, ate. 17. The prices of corn continue to rise. A):` SA W, OCT. 15. The Duke of Ragusa arrived here the has before ye terday, on his return from Moscow. W PETERSBURGII, OCT. 14 * The Duke of Devonshire mid Baron Vo n Paii:netiellLat B e Swedish Ambassador, have arrived here from kfOlt_t: y an Imperial Ordinance of June, Mahometans and 1 1 7. thens, who embrace Christianity, are to be exempted ftt)i" taxes for three years. His Majesty has ordered that Ilaskolniks (a sect d tb e Russo-Greek Cliurcli) shall not be allowed to build el new churches ; the churches and places of worship of their possession shall remain to them, and they shall not b• anywise impeded in the exercise of their religious worshill, The squadron of Admiral Crown has lately returned to Cronstadt from its cruise, - for the exercise of the crevier which began in July, and extend ed to the coast of Scot; land. The marines of the g uard laly r the embaMrked on bog° a ship of the line and a frigate, bound foediterranesn, STOCKHOLII, OCT. 11. , The great Committee for the h revival of the Univirli ties and public SeL'ools, of whic his Royal Highne ss tho Crown' Prince is Predent• with which it concluded he I. luerations for the present. i , is said to be commissioned by Count Lowenhielm, our limb.. , ssador in onstantinore had a sitting last SaturdsY out Government , to nth"`ail tie elate a more advantageous Tariff of C.lilittn n, 11 "" for the Swedish tra de, than that now in 11:tell• In the night of Friday, we had a violent P''' llll ' which did considerable damage in our port. 000 Two steam boats ordere d in England for the Nor Government, are shortly expected at Christiania. ID:CRAW:TS ON LONDON. ,as H ANM USON, OCT. 24.- 36 11 ; two months, au '"' PETESSIWILON, OCT. 10.-10 i. BIIALIN, OCT. 21.—Three months, '7. Laredo,lT OCT. 20.—Three months, 6 171. NA, OCT. 11.—Three months, 10 6. -," 1' I, briri The Joseph and Jane, Captain 0. 10, an - r,f ; g„ - I n t, 0 0 from Dantzig to London, stranded on mpg9t" ' ll - " t i t wig Skagen. The weather was so teroPest t h a t t Skagen. The weather was so te mP oos tic follow: not possible to send assistance to the crew t"' - who hil ing day, when they were saved, except two went already perished in the waves. of h i s Papersto;rie:biltlantehxby MO bra caaririvevde'd The principal officers of his Majesty's Clotigfli P.Ol yanhdadinserecretiledanthoefficocinunal noanteofin to the 27th of September hare .tv.hiMsjesty's Treasury, to put in force the Act Obi- i j Jr I cap. 114., to the effect, that all the ports of his ibl erlYil ool A minions in the West ' against lndies aunt Newfoundland ars to bs ii , _ the shipping of the United States, from and after ° woe iht h eeL G ord az i s co tte , m in ijoio tiOl oorge ifo An official notice also appears eta th t. .04., Dutch objects subjects, made prior to the 12th August, 180 s tee produ • pure produce of estates to the Netherlands, are probibited f ire 0. onl y , i , ng such produce to the United Kingdom, or , t° . 41 0 6 , 4 Lotg.ar colonies ; and that the produce of foto. —r f 1,444 ~,aryehousiendvorted into Great Britain, _ for the purr°, ,'„0.01 usthoularet will island, the h e whichias ;nandt s till l t l c ut o t n for exportation. These Papers centie * etail iwre e of the to wholl r u i tniiie rti ilri mortgage o o g r s tg h h e a . o g l A d e c e I ' r s deed s, l the mhao,r6et g ih t a l igaGe right g o h n t e es t I :a r e t . re s o c b s i s t 1 • a l rgs:pti: difference which has so long prevailed ar To bsgO, h o e oo i the Governor Sir Frederick P. Robinson , and the Pl ab ' ew er a d eves at the commencement of his edministratiao_es 4 , hi e ermtnation rule in a n &bootee manner, sim' rood btienunue ;inttaheyinefieottinliisilitsipioritsbnaot:,"l,:iti ing the petitions and memorandum ; fu h had he ° °id'. " 1W him by the House of Asse bi, " r e h peeled a ttl',l%; 1 iestY bad been resolved !non/. -t he . 0 f 'i r - . 0 1 praying the r e mora ~ir rieo o , Robinson, the Governor, and generally praying for relief setting forth tog relief. ---"'-' ., —=--------."---- - . .a, tri The Q ue bec Papers of the 21st Sepnnounce tne )..- ~.! Mr. Kean, and his ! tt: b•ra ter of Sir V re-appe a rance in the v--•••-c , id, and Vril Overrectch; he ceived seetno. Ito have`perfeetil ree d h t. i ‘ e° with great applause. They e n de rs 0) 61 t-at. Mr. of 1 lePe actually the house :M anager of Drury-lane Theatre, th e rio VI having been made in his behalf by Air. Prl ee „.' P ., f l obelf., I Mr. K can's benefit was to take place on the 22 4 rcr i , 4 0 Yo playing a few nights more, he would act og f 6r : - : ) ,0 iteo fromafter sd whenee he will sail for this country. itkll" ' O , oat St. Paul's Bay, situated ebtty 01 110 be k 1° ,4 tile r i Stthe from sagu. north shore of the St. Lavrretice, to l II ' baP. it at tbe la )laceinaY, over an extent of nearly seventy m iles , a°l tie Of they were still binning on the 15th inst. 0 0 t',7,, St. IL l rence moun t ains, 't at an elevation of near 1000 feet ob. ° ', - o r 91 At Malbaic, lying about the middle of this e ~,:e i rho build : and _itigs , belonging chiefly to poor families, incloiling_r has barns, were consumed in July ; along the whole:070 exportation been nearly destroyed, besides much valuable tiob,'l 001 or firewood. The direction of the tire' "7 0 4 t by the nature of the wood, they followed the resinoto., joile trees, spread in rami fi cations, some oefirlPArlall width ; indeed they have, within these foe years, lito ti the appearance of.the mountainous regio f the Sa111;0144 in Many Parts, is now perfectly bald, and TOY ,b.,...ceighb°,l, ease, affording distant and beautiful proaPects 0; 6- ' O O l il h un illt,the St. Lawrence, the &quinsy, and several 1 0 01 the Ares still extended on Sun d r y lasal"°,..ttot 01 Loup to St. Jean Pore Julie. The damage cloo" "el 1 the St. Lawrence must be great, the fires having e xtol as ',Otis. ---- -_—_-_,-_,---------- _tarraia Letters from La Gucyra state, that an iti ' . At s‘ l ' broke in out that town on the theSep,. ~ c hour of the morning • and that prog,res' , ,de dev • *ng element, w hich threatcnctl Uttif devouring i ,one °I lion, WAS only arrested through the exer t i.olle a C LTA M/1E R s, of H.M.S. Druid, who ..--- t :„ 0 0 fire engines, and two hundred men from 0,- 0 04' and the Valorous, Captain the Earl of nhshit' suts nt)N, and accoutplisited what the., i ea not. • These gallant fellows immediately 0011